Resolved, never henceforward, till I die, to act as if I were any way my own, but entirely and altogether God’s.
JONATHAN EDWARDSIntend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
More Jonathan Edwards Quotes
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You have reason to wonder that you are not already in hell.
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Holiness appeared to me to be of a sweet, pleasant, charming, serene, calm nature; which brought an inexpressible purity, brightness, peacefulness and ravishment to the soul.
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Godliness is more easily feigned in words than in actions.
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By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.
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Resolved, to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.
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He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
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The material universe exists only in the mind.
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Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
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The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.
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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.
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Consider that as a principle of love is the main principle in the heart of a real Christian, so the labor of love, is the main business of the Christian life.
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Resolved to live with all my might while I do live, and as I shall wish I had done ten thousand years hence.
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The wrath of God burns against them, their damnation does not slumber; the pit is prepared, the fire is made ready, the furnace is now hot, ready to receive them; the flames do now rage and glow.
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